It will be week 4 for me doing the Atkins diet. Prior to the atkins diet - i worked out in the gym fairly regularly. I stopped for about a week or so during introduction.

I started back up and OH MY GOODNESS! It's so hard doing cardio - i get completely exhausted and get tired much easier. It feels like my body has no fuel when i'm exercising - any suggestions?

Thanks sooooo very much!

Vicki-
Are you taking a multi-vitamin or anything like that? Also, I often find that when I take some time off from exercising, even if only a week, it is much harder to return to the level of activity I was doing before right away. Are you trying to do as much cardio as you did before you took the week off? Perhaps you should try to work your way back to that level of exercise.
It always amazes me at how long it takes for people to get in shape but how quickly our bodies can get out of shape!!

thanks fern....yep, taking multi-vitamin. i've been trying to get back up to speed for the past week. ugggh!!!! i'm not doing anything differently - in fact, i feel like i'm doing much less! before i worked out before, i would eat oatmeal & i would be taking work out supplements too. since there is no caffeine - i've stopped that. i just feel sluggish

any ideas what i could eat before working out that would give me some extra oompf?

thanks again!

Vicki, are you taking any supplements? Calcium and Magnesium help with fatigue and muscle cramps. Potassium is a good idea too for the first while. When I started this WOL I found it difficult to maintain the same intensity and duration I had while eating low fat. However, with the supplements and about 2 weeks I was back up to 45 minutes on the Nordictrack (first thing in the morning before breakfast). My energy levels are through the roof. Your body does need to adapt, but it will happen.

Nat

Vicki-
I find that it is very hard for me to actually get up in the morning to do cardio, but once I am up and out of bed and doing cardio on an empty stomach, I get into it and I feel better for the rest of the day! Sometimes it is harder for me to do cardio late at night b/c I am tired after working all day.

Let us know how things are going.....

Linda